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The Objective Assessment of Desensitization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Hoenig  and
G. F. Reed
J. Hoenig
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
G. F. Reed
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
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The impressive successes of early Behaviour Therapy are now being subjected to critical revaluation, whilst current work in the field employs more sophisticated methodology (Marks et al., 1965; Eysenck, 1964; Lazarus, 1961; Lang et al., 1963). The treatment is entirely symptom-centred and so its effects should be more easily assessable than those of other forms of psychotherapy. Yet results are still controversial, in spite of efforts to apply all the normal control measures.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 493 , December 1966 , pp. 1279 - 1283
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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